Flagpole and stand



Aug. 13, 1929. w FARRE 1,724,832

FLAGPOLE AND STAND Original Filed April 22, 1926 Patented Aug. 13, 1929.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM FARRE, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

FLAGPOLE AND STAND.

Application filed April 22, 1926, Serial No. 103,947. Renewed April 24, 1929.

The present invention relates to flag poles and stands, and aims to provide a novel and improved flag pole and stand.

Another object is the provision of a flag pole and stand comprising a novel construc tion and assembly of the component ele ments. A

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved fiag pole and stand.

Fig. 2 is a top view of the cap piece of the pole, with the ornament thereon removed.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevation of the upper end portion of the pole.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sect-ion of the socket portion of the stand with the lower terminal of the pole therein.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of the stand.

The device isintended especially for use on desks, tables, and the like, for use in offices, dwellings, stores, etc., although it may be constructed in larger sizes for use on floors or out-of-doors.

The pole proper is indicated at 7, being composed of suitable metal, and having its lower end supported by a stand. The lower end of the pole is inserted within a socket 8 in the upper end of a central member 9 of the stand, which carries a set screw 10 to clamp the pole in the socket, permitting the pole to be adjusted vertically in or removed from the socket when the screw is loosened.

The stand has vertical rods or bars 11 at different sides of the member 9 with their lower terminals projecting below the member 9 and offset outwardly to provide the diverging legs 12 to seat on the floor, table or other surface. Screws 13 extend through the rods or members 11 and into the member 9, to secure the parts together, and washers 14 are disposed on the screws between the rods 11 and member 9 to space them apart.

The pole 7 has a disk-shaped cap piece 15 secured on the upper end thereof, and an eagle 16 or other ornament may be mounted on said cap piece. The cap piece has a pair of apertures 17 at one side of the pole through which a hoist line or cord 18 extends, and which carries the flag 19. The upper loop of the flexible element 18 extends through the apertures 17, while the lower loop thereof is engaged under the screw 10. By moving the flexible element 18 the flag 19 may be raised and lowered plccording to conventional displays of the A cross rod or arm 20 extends through the pole 7, and a cord or other flexible element 21 extends through apertures in said rod or arm near the opposite ends thereof. The upper loop of the flexible element 21 extends through a transverse aperture 22 in the pole 7 immediately under the cap piece 15, and the lower loop of the flexible element 21 engages under the screw 10.

The device is inexpensively manufactured, and the parts thereof readily assembled, and, with the exception of the flexible elements or cords 18 and 21 may be constructed of any suitable metal.

By disengaging the flexible elements 18 and 21 from the screw 10, and loosening said screw, the ole 7 may be removed from the socket 8 of the stand, and when said flexible elements are engaged under said screw, the screw may be loosened for adjusting the pole 7 so that the flexible elements 18 and 21 may be rendered taut.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is A device of the character described comprising a stand having a socket, a flag pole having its lower terminal fitted in said socket, a set screw carried by the stand to clamp the pole in said socket, a cross arm carried by the pole between its ends, and a flexible element engaging through the upper terminal portion of the pole and terminals of said arm and having a lower loop engaging under said set screw.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

WILLIAM FARRE. 

